If you’ve been waiting for Banjo-Kazooie to show up on something you can carry around, Blaze has an answer for you. The new Evercade Nexus is the biggest handheld the company’s made, and every unit ships with the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack cartridge in the box. It lands in October 2026 at $199.99 in the US […]
Banjo-Kazooie’s Back, and Not on a Nintendo Handheld Read More
Minecraft has spent 15 years as the game people build inside. Starting in 2027, it’ll be a place they can physically walk through. Minecraft World, the first fully immersive theme park land based on the franchise, is coming to Chessington World of Adventures in Greater London. Mojang Studios and Merlin Entertainments made it official during
Minecraft Is Building a Real Theme Park and It Opens Next Year Read More
Every sim racer who’s used a Logitech wheel knows the frustration. The Driving Force Shifter looked like an afterthought: thin plastic housing, mushy gear engagement, and after a few months of hard racing, internal contacts that started wearing down until gear positions got unreliable. For $50, it technically worked. But “technically works” isn’t what you
This $160 sim racing shifter fixes everything wrong with Logitech’s old one Read More
ARTICLE – Nintendo’s biggest hardware flop got a second life on Switch Online, and what’s inside the collection tells a more interesting story than anyone expected. Price: $24.99, $99.99 Where to Buy: Nintendo The Virtual Boy, Nintendo’s red-and-black tabletop console from 1995, survived barely a year before disappearing. On February 17, 2026, seven of its
7 Reasons the Virtual Boy on Switch Online Works Read More
People have been waiting for this one, and the whispers turned out to be true. Stern Pinball and The Pokémon Company International have officially teamed up on the first physical Pokemon pinball machine, and it’s not a prototype or a concept. You can order it right now. Three models sit in the lineup: Pro at
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ARTICLE – Apple Arcade subscribers with Vision Pro headsets can play seven classic arcade games starting February 5, when Retrocade launches as part of the monthly subscription. Resolution Games built the app to recreate the physical arcade experience in VR, complete with cabinet artwork you can walk around and inspect before dropping into gameplay. Add
Seven Classic Arcade Games Just Got Virtual Cabinets You Can Walk Around Read More
ARTICLE – Most portable gaming devices use widescreen displays because smartphone makers spent the past decade normalizing that format. AYANEO’s Pocket S Mini rejects the trend completely, shipping with a 4.2-inch 4:3 screen at 1280 × 960 resolution instead of the 16:9 or 16:10 ratios dominating handheld screens. Finding suppliers willing to manufacture 4:3 displays
This Retro Gaming Handheld Uses the Screen Ratio Everyone Else Stopped Making Read More
ARTICLE – Retro gaming hardware typically asks players to adapt. One button layout covers thirty years of design, and you adjust your expectations to match what the hardware can approximate. The Gamestation Go from My Arcade reverses that arrangement by building multiple control methods into a single device and letting each game select what it
Atari Gamestation Go Packs 200+ Retro Titles Into One Feature-Packed Handheld Read More
CES 2026 NEWS – Gaming laptops have spent years making the same promise: desktop power you can take anywhere. The fine print always included a two kilogram chassis, a power brick the size of a paperback novel, and the kind of thermal noise that made coffee shop gaming a social liability. THUNDEROBOT’s ZERO Air, unveiled
THUNDEROBOT ZERO Air Puts an RTX 5070 in a 1.59 kg Gaming Laptop Read More
ARTICLE – Most retro gaming projects treat nostalgia as a software problem. Load an emulator, map some buttons, slap the interface onto whatever display sits nearby, and call it a tribute. The original experience gets compressed into convenience, and something tactile disappears in the process. The warm glow of that pea-green screen, the deliberate physicality
Someone Built a Custom GPU Just to Power a Giant LEGO Game Boy Read More
NEWS – Xbox and Crocs announced a collaboration that reimagines the Classic Clog as an Xbox controller. The black and green design features molded X, Y, B, A buttons on top, a D-pad, left and right analog sticks, and bumpers positioned along the sides. The Xbox logo appears on the ankle strap hinges, and the
Xbox and Crocs Made Clogs That Look Like Controllers Read More
NEWS – Okay, hear me out. A Rolls-Royce inspired by vintage arcade games sounds like someone’s fever dream after binge-playing Galaga at 3 AM. But that’s exactly what makes the Black Badge Ghost Gamer so fascinating. This isn’t your grandfather’s Rolls-Royce. This is what happens when one of the world’s most prestigious automakers says yes
This Rolls-Royce Has Space Invaders in the Ceiling Read More
GoldenEye at 4K60, with friends screaming on your couch. The ’90s, rebooted. Remember screen-peeking during split-screen? Fighting over who got stuck with the loose-stick controller? Blowing into cartridges like it actually did something? The Analogue 3D just brought all of that back, except this time your dusty N64 games run in glorious 4K on your
The N64 Is Back in 4K (and Every N64 Fan Is Losing Their Mind) Read More
REVIEW – If you grew up with a joystick in one hand and the Atari logo burned into your memory like I did, the HyperMegaTech Super Pocket Atari Edition might hit you right in the nostalgia. This compact handheld packs 50 classic games from the golden age of arcades and consoles, including retro favorites like
REVIEW -During the summer I am continuously looking for new and fun ways to keep my kids active and trying new things. I was really excited to be able to review PaddleSmash. A fun way to combine pickleball and Roundnet into one portable game. ⬇︎ Jump to summary (pros/cons) Price: $199.99 Where to buy: PaddleSmash.com What is
REVIEW – We love to play tabletop games, and one genre that has been very popular of late at our house is roll-and-write games like Three Sisters, Welcome To, and Next Station. For those not familiar, a roll-and-write is a game where a set of communal dice are rolled in the center of the table,
REVIEW – Everyone knows how to play tic-tac-toe, that age-old pencil and paper game. Playing this game when you’re a little kid is fun, but after a certain age, it’s no longer a game that most kids and adults find interesting anymore. GiiKER has changed that with the Tic-Tac-Toe Bolt. Let’s take this 3-in-1 game
Giiker Tic-Tac-Toe Bolt review – A new text on the classic tic-tac-toe game Read More
NEWS – Remember the WII? It used your body movements to interact with their games using controllers. The Nex Playground is similar, only you don’t have to use controllers to interact with the Nex Playground games, so it’s more like the Xbox Kinect. All you need is your body. The Nex Playground is a device
Nex Playground – Play interactive games with your kids Read More
REVIEW – The game of chess was invented in India around 1400 years ago, but I learned to play it with my grandfather during summer visits when I was just a kid. I always liked playing with him because he never let me win. I haven’t played in decades, but when the opportunity to review
SenseRobot Chess review – This robot actually plays chess with you! Read More
NEWS – If you’re like me and you get excited about gadgets that blend old-school charm with new-school tech, you’ll want to hear about the SenseRobot Chess. Sure, it comes with a price tag that might make you think twice, but after spending some time with it, I can tell you it’s a really special
SenseRobot Chess – A high-tech twist on a classic game Read More